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These scientists have invented a solar panel that works at night
Jul 15, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
A type of panel has been invented that can generate electricity when pointed at the night sky, but can it ever be scaled up to serve alongside solar power?
Off the Scale: How the latest tech is cracking the earthquake code
Jul 12, 2019
Written by
Mark Rowe
In the 4th century BC, Aristotle proposed that earthquakes were caused by winds trapped in subterranean caves. Small tremors were triggered by air pushing on the cavern roofs, large ones by air breaking the surface. We now know a good…
UK Environmental experts declare a climate emergency
Jul 12, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management pledges to achieve net zero emissions by 2030 and declares a climate emergency
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[From the Geographical Archive] Reporting on earthquakes in 1940
Jul 12, 2019
Written by
Ernest Tillotson
Earthquakes from time immemorial have attracted the attention of the world’s greatest thinkers. That they continue to do so is no wonder for two outstanding reasons: they cause tremendous havoc, and, though we know a great deal about them, they…
The day the Himalaya shook
Jul 12, 2019
Written by
Jonny Hawkins
A planned kayaking expedition in Nepal took on a whole new dimension for Jonny Hawkins when he found himself caught in the devastating Gorkha earthquake. Thoughts of exploration soon turned to helping those in need
Lost tree species unexpectedly re-discovered in Indonesia
Jul 11, 2019
Written by
Eveline Vouillemin
Are nuclear reactors at risk from earthquakes?
Jul 11, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Scientists from Bristol University are working in conjunction with EDF Energy to test the effect of earthquakes on nuclear reactor cores
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[From the Geographical Archive] The man who loved earthquakes
Jul 10, 2019
Written by
Geographical Archive
In the 1930s, Charles Richter developed a simple scale for measuring earthquakes which is still in use today. Geographical profiles this brilliant and somewhat eccentric man
The San Andreas Fault may be linked to others – which could make the next earthquake worse
Jul 10, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Models suggest that far from ending at the Imperial Valley, the San Andreas Fault may be linked to two other faults in the region, forming a continuous line from California into Mexico
Why earthquakes at mid-ocean ridges are more common at low-tide
Jul 09, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Researchers at Colombia University have answered a question that has confounded scientists for decades – why are earthquakes in the ocean linked to low-tide?
Earthquakes: How prepared is San Francisco?
Jul 09, 2019
Written by
Mark Rowe
How prepared can any government or city be against a major earthquake? Even if you are a developed nation that throws all the technology you have at the issue, it seems you can only prepare so much
Cartograms: sixteen years of major earthquakes
Jul 08, 2019
Written by
Benjamin Hennig
Benjamin Hennig creates a series of cartograms to demonstrate the impact of the 439 major earthquakes which took place between 2001 and 2017
Singing seals open new research avenues
Jul 08, 2019
Written by
Eveline Vouillemin
Could grey seals singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star help develop a new system for studying speech disorders?
The largest migration on Earth
Jul 04, 2019
Written by
Geographical
Deep sea expert Dr Alex Rogers explains the importance of the ocean’s carbon cycle in regulating life on our planet
Coral reefs hide El Niño secrets
Jul 01, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Analysis of coral cores, extracted from coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean, has allowed scientists to create a 400-year record of El Niño events
G20 called upon to put a stop to whaling
Jun 28, 2019
Written by
Jack Burnett
Celebrities and animal welfare groups have been expressing their disappointment online about Japan’s pledge to restart its whaling activities this year
Removing landmines in Sinjar, Iraq
Jun 28, 2019
Written by
Geographical
In a series of photographs from his recent trip to Sinjar in northern Iraq, photojournalist Sean Sutton captures the work being done to clear the area of thousands of landmines and other explosive hazards, leftover from Isis occupation and the…
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